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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / Re: Is there a gradient from the event horizon to the singularity of a black hole?
« on: 11/02/2018 13:43:23 »
At the event horizon of a black hole the escape velocity is the speed of light. This means that the velocity required to escape from the source to infinity is the speed of light. Conversely, an object freely falling from infinity will be moving at the speed of light upon reaching the horizon. The important thing to note is that IT IS NOT POSSIBLE for an object with rest mass to achieve light speed. So this means that the mathematics break down at the horizon. This cannot be what actually happens. So general relativity must need a modification for regions approaching an event horizon.
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